Partition.



C. F. ROTHWEILER.

PARTITION.

APPLICATION man JUNE 2. 1915.

W/ TNESSES:

l B Y M ma Arme/vn CHARLES F. ROTHWEILER, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

PARTITION.

Specification of Letters atent.

Patented Jan. 9, 1917.

Application filed June 2, 1915. vSrialNO. 31,773.

To all 'whom t may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES F. ROTH- wnrLnR,a citizen of the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county ofKing and `State of lVashington, have invented certain new and usefulimprovements in Partitions, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to partitions and to devices for securing thesame in place within drawers, pigeon holes, etc., to divide the sameinto smaller compartments.

The object of the invention is the provision of devices of thischaracter which may be readily applied, and effective in operation.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a drawer or thelike with the present invention applied therein. Fig. 2 is a transversevertical section through 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view ofa sheet of material or stock from which i the partitions are obtained bycutting or breaking the saine at selected grooves provided in the sheet.Figs. 4:, 5 and 6 are perspective views of various forms of partitionfasteners shown detached.

The stock from which the partitions are obtained is in the nature of ametal plate, F 3, having parallel top and bottom edges 10 and verticalgrooves or scores 11 disposed in the opposite faces of the plate. Thescores are disposed in spaced relations, say one inch, apart, to affordweakened sections whereat the plate may be bent at right angles or atwhich the plate may be broken into predetermined lengths.

In the spaces or panels between the adjacent scores I provide, as shownin Figs. 2 and 3, holes 12 and 121 disposed preferably in horizontalrows adjacent to top and bottom edges 10 of the plate, as shown in Figs.2 and 3. Provided for use in selected ones of said plate holes are studs13, 14 and 15 having bodies of substantially cylindrical forms which areadapted to fit tight into the holes where employed.

The studs 13 are each provided, as shown in Fig. 1l, with a slot 16extending from one end to near its other end. The studs 15 have slots161 which extend from both ends (Fi 6) to within a short distance oftheir mid engths. The other studs 14, Fig. 5, are

each provided with a head 17 at one end and with a slot 162 extendingfrom its other end into proximity to the head.

The operation of the aforedescribed parts may be explained by explainingan application thereof to a drawer as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. Inthese views, A and B represent the sides and ends of la drawer which isto be divided by a longitudinal partition C into two compartments,which, in turn, are to be divided by transverse partitions D, E, F andG. To these ends, I break or sever at the proper scores 11 of plate(Fig. 3) pieces of the same to be inserted between the drawer sides Band designated by H.

-The partition C may likewise be of this length but, as shown in Fig. 1,it is provided with a terminal flange C1 which is formed by making thepiece into a panel length greater than required to fit between the endwalls B and turning such panel into rectangular relation to the mainpart of the partition. The other partitions D, E, F and. G are brokenfrom the plate to suitable lengths and Vhave their ends engaged in theslots 16, 161 or 162 of the coupling studs. The studs 13 are utilizedwhere a connection is to be made between the outer pieces H, andthetransverse partitions, by inserting the stud ends which are unprovidedwith slots in the former and engaging the transverse partitions in thestud slots. The headed studs 14 are employed to fasten the transversepartitions, as F and Gr, to a longitudinal partition when the transversepartitions are not alined. Where the transverse partitions, as D and E,are in alinement, the studs 15 are used at their juncture with thepartition C to couple such alined partitions and also secure them to thereferred to longitudinal partition. In their manufacture, the studs areswaged to cause the bifurcations thereof to be formed into bow shapes,as represented in Figs. 4, 5 and 6, to afford resilient fingers toembrace the partition ends which are forced therelected ones of theholes 12 or 121 (Fig. 3) of the outer pieces H and also of the flangeelement C1.

l. In combination, a partition member of the class described, providedwith a series of spaced holes, slotted studs adapted to be received bythe holes of said partition inember, and a second partition memberadapted to have an end thereof engage in the slots of said studs wherebythe partition niembers are coupled together.

2. In devices of the class described, the combination with partitionmembers provided with series of spaced holes, of studs adapted to beinsertedA in selected ones of said holes, vsaid studs being providedwith slotted extremities to receive the end of a partition memberdisposed in rectangular relation tothe partition member in which areinserted vsaid studs.

3. In devices of the class described, a rectangular plate formed withspaced grooves extending across the opposite faces of the plate toprovide relatively Weak lines at 2 which the plate may be broken intopredetermined lengths, said plate being provided y with holes in thespaces intermediate the adjacent of said grooves lor the reception ofcoupling studs. 3

1l. A 'partition structure comprising a plurality of transversely andlongitudinally arranged partitions, and 'slotted studs extending throughthe transverse or longitudinal partitions to receive the ends of theother 3 partitions whereby all of the partitions are connected rigidlytogether.

Signed at Seattle, Washington, this 26th day of April, 1915.

CHARLES F. ROTHVEILER.

Witnesses:

HORACE BARNES, ALICE E. CALMUS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

